I've got a 2003 sprinter and I've been building a camper into it for a couple years now. Before that we had a tdi powered vanagons westfalia, and before that my wife and I lived In a21' motorhome for 6.5 years. I'll never be without a motorhome/camper van for the rest of my life!

If you moved from VA to OH, I'd still say best bet is WV. I personally like Davis as I can park for 3 days and not have to drive to get to trails.

Out west though, I first decided I wanted my own rv after borrowing my mom's class c for a trip to Moab (from CA at the time). After traveling with either my mom's class c or my own truck camper to camp and ride in Tahoe, Bend, Downieville, Moab, Fruita/grand junction, , golden, St. George, Sedona, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Austin, Asheville/Brevard, Douthat (va), Harrisonburg (VA), rays town lake (pa) and Michaux (pa).... Certainly, my favorite trail riding was Tahoe with the Moab and Fruita/ grand junction area a very close second.

Tahoe (multiple trips) was tough to find a good centralized camp spot that felt like I wasn't camping in a mall parking lot. But im set up to never need to be at a campground...so i prefer free/primitive/dispersed camping. The best camping and trail riding I had was Gooseberry Mesa near St George or Hurricane. 2 consecutive years I was up there just before christmass camped essentially at the trail head and saw only one or two other vehicles up there as the road up can be sketchy in the winter. That is one of the reasons I have a pop up truck camper on a 4x4 pickup ( I can still take hot showers and have heat for a couple of days totally off the grid without towing a trailer). I actually posted a pic of my rig on gooseberry after a light snowfall earlier in this thread.

Anyway, most all of the places I've been, I couldn't ride for more than 2 days without repeating trails unless I was willing to drive. While not as scenic as out west and not as flowy as some other places, Davis, WV has been a good all around compromise. I can ride hard for three consecutive days without feeling like im riding the same stuff, camp for free by the river or pay at a pretty decent state park, ride (pedal) into town for a burrito or pizza and beer...all without driving or being driven anywhere once you get there. Downieville, CA is close in that sense, you just have to get a seat on one of the shuttles...and the riding there is just flat out more amazing than anything I've ridden on the east coast.

No more cold, wet tents for me. We have an Outdoors RV Backcountry 18F trailer. Pull it with an F150 with the 5.3L triton and tow package. Nothing like hot showers, cold beer and a comfy bed after a long day of riding.

Looking forward to trips to Oakridge, McKenzie River, and Bend this summer (from our home base in Hood River).

RV/MH Hall of Fame - Museum - Library - Conference Center
If ever you're in Elkhart, Indiana, plan a few hours to see this. Yeah, it's at the top of the geeky scale, but if you're into RVs you'll love it. The older items are the coolest --- Model A pick-up RVs, Mae West's Pierce Arrow and more.

RV/MH Hall of Fame - Museum - Library - Conference Center
If ever you're in Elkhart, Indiana, plan a few hours to see this. Yeah, it's at the top of the geeky scale, but if you're into RVs you'll love it. The older items are the coolest --- Model A pick-up RVs, Mae West's Pierce Arrow and more.

Mind boggling, I cannot find any Bluebirds that site, am I missing something? The Wanderlodge kicks the crap outta almost every motorhome out there for two at least two decades. They finally went downhill beginning in the 90s, but if someone wants the safest motorhome out there, it's a Wanderlodge.

RV/MH Hall of Fame - Museum - Library - Conference Center
If ever you're in Elkhart, Indiana, plan a few hours to see this. Yeah, it's at the top of the geeky scale, but if you're into RVs you'll love it. The older items are the coolest --- Model A pick-up RVs, Mae West's Pierce Arrow and more.

Mind boggling, I cannot find any Bluebirds that site, am I missing something? The Wanderlodge kicks the crap outta almost every motorhome out there for two at least two decades. They finally went downhill beginning in the 90s, but if someone wants the safest motorhome out there, it's a Wanderlodge.

My set up (not an RV but it works well for me)

Here's what I'm rollin on my 09' Tacoma. It's an Adventure Trailers Flip-Pac w/3 led lights and 6 12v interior outlets. IBS Dual battery system. Adventure Trailers combo slide w/ Natl. Luna weekender split fridge/freezer and a partner steel 2 burner stove. Adventure trailers composite drawers. The shell weighs 290 lbs. and it deploys and breaks down in about 30 seconds. I love it, and I use it often!!! So I figured I'd show it here as an option for others.

Here's what I'm rollin on my 09' Tacoma. It's an Adventure Trailers Flip-Pac w/3 led lights and 6 12v interior outlets. IBS Dual battery system. Adventure Trailers combo slide w/ Natl. Luna weekender split fridge/freezer and a partner steel 2 burner stove. Adventure trailers composite drawers. The shell weighs 290 lbs. and it deploys and breaks down in about 30 seconds. I love it, and I use it often!!! So I figured I'd show it here as an option for others.

One of the "less" brother's?…"Clue"...

Originally Posted by TunicaTrails

Ahem, yes, people like Highdell, Msimmons, are the ones I'm referring to. I'm not exactly sure what the heck AscentCanada is talking about, but as I understand it, he's probably one of them too. There's plenty of fools like this around, many more than there are concerned, high-functioning citizens. I'm a little sickened now.

I'm not seeing much of any relationship to climate and carbon footprint in the USA. It doesn't matter much in my view. For one thing I freely admit that people around me are wasteful and uncaring ("yee-haw"), but so are reserved Vermonters. Secondly, and most tragically, we're all getting a little warmer because of what we're all doing with coal-burning power plants and auto exhaust, no matter where we live.

Been in the oil industry for 33 yrs, don't like it don't buy it…see how far that gets you down the road...

Everytime one of you treehuggies ask for cleaner fuel, and the Gov't makes ExxonMobil add more additives to create cleaner emissions, DO YOU actually think that those EXTRA additives are paid for out of Exxon's pocket?…NO…the price of fuel goes up at the pump dumbar$e…

Been in the oil industry for 33 yrs, don't like it don't buy it…see how far that gets you down the road...

Everytime one of you treehuggies ask for cleaner fuel, and the Gov't makes ExxonMobil add more additives to create cleaner emissions, DO YOU actually think that those EXTRA additives are paid for out of Exxon's pocket?…NO…the price of fuel goes up at the pump dumbar$e…

And here's my 8 mpg uphill or downhill rig: We can carry a Polaris RZR and two Quads or RZR and 4 bikes or 4 Bikes can sleep 10, but usually max 8…136 gallons water…47 gallon fuel tank…90 gallons gray…55 black…15 gallons fuel tank with pump on the Freightliner Sportchassis as well and a 45 gallon water tank for transferring so we can dry camp for weeks in the Desert or Mountains...RV - a set on Flickr